Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Carolina Panthers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |
| Houston Texans | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 6:36 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Sam Darnold 5 Yd Run (Zane Gonzalez Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 0:25 | Houston Texans touchdown. Anthony Miller 1 Yd pass from Davis Mills (Joey Slye PAT failed) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:20 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Tommy Tremble 7 Yd Run (Zane Gonzalez Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 12:44 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Zane Gonzalez 21 Yd Field Goal |
| 9:09 | Houston Texans field goal. Joey Slye 53 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:07 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Sam Darnold 1 Yd Run (Zane Gonzalez Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Total first downs | 28 | 14 |
| First downs from rushing | 10 | 2 |
| First downs from passing | 15 | 10 |
| First downs from penalties | 3 | 2 |
| Third down | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Third downs attempted | 11 | 9 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 1 |
| Third down percentage | 45 % | 11 % |
| Fourth down | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Total yards | 407 | 193 |
| Total rushing yards | 117 | 42 |
| Total passing yards | 290 | 151 |
| Total offensive plays | 70 | 49 |
| Average yards per play | 10 | 9 |
| Time of possession | 35:45 | 24:15 |
| Rushing | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Total rushing plays | 33 | 17 |
| Total rushing yards | 117 | 42 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 3 | 0 |
| Passing | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Passes attempted | 34 | 28 |
| Passes completed | 23 | 19 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.8 | 4.7 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 64 | 51 |
| Turnovers | Carolina Panthers | Houston Texans |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Royce Freeman | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Sam Darnold | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| DJ Moore | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| David Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Phillip Lindsay | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Davis Mills | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Sam Darnold | 34 | 23 | 68 % | 304 | 8.9 | 0 | 0 | 3-14 | 63.1 |
| Houston Texans | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Davis Mills | 28 | 19 | 68 % | 168 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 4-17 | 57.7 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| DJ Moore | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 0 | 29 | ||||
| Terrace Marshall Jr. | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Alex Erickson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Dan Arnold | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Robby Anderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Royce Freeman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Brandin Cooks | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Jordan Akins | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Anthony Miller | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Chris Conley | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Matt Paradis | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Darnold | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Houston Texans | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Justin Britt | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Davis Mills | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Shaq Thompson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donte Jackson | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeremy Chinn | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rashaan Melvin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jermaine Carter | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Burns | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morgan Fox | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Chandler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frankie Luvu | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juston Burris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Brown | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haason Reddick | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Franklin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaycee Horn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DaQuan Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daviyon Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Texans | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Zach Cunningham | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Kirksey | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vernon Hargreaves III | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Johnson Jr. | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Murray | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maliek Collins | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Greenard | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tremon Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Martin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Blacklock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitney Mercilus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Desmond King II | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeMarcus Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Omenihu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Lopez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garret Wallow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaleel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Andre Roberts | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Alex Erickson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Andre Roberts | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Zane Gonzalez | 1/1 | 21 | 3/3 | 6 | |||||
| Houston Texans | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Joey Slye | 1/1 | 53 | 0/1 | 3 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Joseph Charlton | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Houston Texans | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Cameron Johnston | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 0 | 3 | 53 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 11:12 PM.